by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Nevada-Reno, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UNR competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The UNR men’s football team fields 117 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 381. Academic data covers 432 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports UNR reports, football comes in at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. In all, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jeff Choate.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UNR men’s football program generated $13,624,871 in revenue against $12,983,551 in expenses, netting $641,320. This comes to about $31,762 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,716,127 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 26% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 952 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 982, football lands below the pack at 952.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.